A view from the caboose. Looking a lot like a photo of a steam train in revenue service in the 1930's, this image of a photo freight on the Mt Rainier Scenic Railroad shows what can be accomplishe... (more)

Polson Logging Company 2-8-2 #70 hauls a freight train into the Mineral Yard on the Mt Rainier Scenic Railroad. The photo was taken during a Martin Hansen photo freight charter. Participants spent... (more)

Hammond Lumber Company #17 leads 2 passenger coaches on a railfan special up Tacoma Rail's Ex-Milwaukee Road/Chehalis Western line to Fredrickson,WA 11/27/05. The train has just departed the stati... (more)

Mount Rainier Scenic Railroad's recently restored locomotive, Polson Logging Co. #70 made a special trip to Tacoma for the annual Tacoma Rail open house. Here it is seein going over the main cross... (more)

Two fans take in the sights and sounds of the world's only operating Willamette works the Mineral Yard during an excursion for the 2011 convention of the NRHS being held in Tacoma.

MRSR steam in The Gulch. Polson #70 poppin' off as it starts to dig into the 3.3% grade of Tacoma Hill on the Mountain Division of Tacoma Rail.

Mt Rainier Scenic Railroad's newly restored Polson Logging Co. #70 climbs the "Tacoma Eastern Gulch" in Tacoma. The MRSR train was in Tacoma for a series of excursions in conjunction with a model... (more)

Walking on water: Wielding a "calibrated ballast density meter," fellow RP contributor Bob Harbison inspects the... (more)

Finally no people in the way. MRSRR newly restored #70 made a visit to Freighthouse Square this weekend. Although there is nobody visible here, there was a great turnout of fans and families for t... (more)

Caught with rods down, MRSR's newly restored mike moves across E "D" Street during a weekend event at Freight House Square. Brian Bundridge is firing.

After ducking under the E 26th Street overpass, MRSR's NP 7012A returns with its passenger consist after a short trip up Tacoma Hill during a weekend event at Freight House Square.

A Mount Rainier Scenic tourist train drifts down the Tacoma Gulch into Tacoma, WA. The three passenger cars were bracketed by F9 NP #7012 and Polson Logging #70, a 70 Ton Baldwin 2-8-2 built in 19... (more)

Working up Tacoma Hill MRSR's newly rebuilt Polson Logging Company mikado hauls a passenger special during an event in Tacoma, WA

Old meets new in Tacoma. Mt Rainier Scenic Railroad's newly restored Polson Logging Co. #70 passes a Sound Transit commuter train at Freighthouse Square in Tacoma. The MRSR train was in Tacoma f... (more)

Polson Logging Company 2-8-2 #70 pulls into the Elbe, WA depot on its first day of revenue operations. This locomotive was the subject of a nearly 10 year long restoration project at the Mt Ra... (more)